I had a moment to catch up with Kiss and Styles before the show started and see where they’re at in life.

And I want every single one of you to pat me on the back for maintaining my cool [aka “my G”…in wannabe-thug terms] as I interviewed two artists who fueled my love for hip-hop growing up. My mom probably would have slapped me twice, one for each of them, had she heard their lyrics though.

Anywho, before we jump into the interview just a quick note: Kiss has already confirmed Lil’ Wayne, Chris Brown and Rick Ross for his new “Top 5, Dead or Alive” album.

SS on the Scene Interview

Current Projects…

JK:Top 5, Dead or Alive album almost finished. The new Lox album quarter of the way finished. You know just work. Juicebar: Juices For Life. Website: SoRaspy.com. [Looks at Styles] What’s your website?

doing what we love. We appreciate people appreciating us. This is what we do! We MC’s.

JK: We just keep it true to what we do. Keep going. They’re getting a real piece of authenticity. Authentic shit.

State of hip-hop…

SP: I think the game is alright. Everything goes through changes. There is a lot of bubblegum stuff, like you said, but there’s also a lot of MC’s…like J. Cole just dropped, Kendrick Lamar, Joey Badass, Meek…it’s a bunch of young dudes spitting. So it’s definitely a lot of bubblegum shit that you hear out on the radio, but if you hip-hop, if you live hip-hop, it’s what you live, it ain’t what you hear on the radio all the time or what’s mainstream. You search out for the real shit; find it, support it, love it.